CVE-2026-35338 The advisory has been revoked - it doesn't affect any version of package rust-coreutils  (opens in a new tab)


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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU2510-RUSTCOREUTILS-16153864
  • published23 Apr 2026
  • disclosed22 Apr 2026

Introduced: 22 Apr 2026

CVE-2026-35338  (opens in a new tab)

Amendment

The Ubuntu security team deemed this advisory irrelevant for Ubuntu:25.10.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream rust-coreutils package and not the rust-coreutils package as distributed by Ubuntu.

A vulnerability in the chmod utility of uutils coreutils allows users to bypass the --preserve-root safety mechanism. The implementation only validates if the target path is literally / and does not canonicalize the path. An attacker or accidental user can use path variants such as /../ or symbolic links to execute destructive recursive operations (e.g., chmod -R 000) on the entire root filesystem, leading to system-wide permission loss and potential complete system breakdown.